2025 Catcher Preview! Strategy, ADP, Targets, Fades & More! (2/3 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2025
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
How does the catcher position look in 2025 (2:36)? ... What's our catcher strategy in one-catcher vs. two-catcher leagues (6:30)? ... Let's get into catcher ADP, starting with William Contreras (13:19). ... Adley Rutschman's season was derailed by a hand injury last year (17:34). ... Yainer Diaz has #1 catcher upside (21:07). ... Cal Raleigh has become the best power bat at the position (24:30). ... Can Salvador Perez do it again at 35 years old (28:39)? ... Is Will Smith undervalued (33:19)? ... Willson Contreras might be a cheat code this season (37:18). ... Shea Langeliers is 80% Cal Raleigh (43:59). ... Logan O'Hoppe has to split time with Travis d'Arnaud (45:49). ... Is JT Realmuto undervalued (48:38)? ... Francisco Alvarez and Tyler Stephenson rounds out the Top 12 (51:27). ... Who are our sleepers, breakouts, busts and favorites to draft at catcher (54:15)? ... We wrap up with the rest of catcher ADP (1:08:39)!
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| 0:51.1 | Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. |
| 0:53.3 | It's February. |
| 0:54.1 | You know what that means. 2025 position previews. |
| 0:57.7 | Welcome in to Fantasy Baseball today on Monday, February 3rd. I am Frank Sample, joined by Scott White and Chris Towers. |
| 1:04.7 | Today on the show, it is our 2025 catcher preview. And here's how the position previews are going to work. A little |
| 1:12.7 | strategy overview up top. We'll deep dive the top 12 in ADP. We'll reveal our sleepers, |
| 1:19.5 | breakouts, busts, and favorite to draft at each position, then dive back into the rest of |
| 1:24.7 | the ADP at the position. Of course, if you're watching live, |
| 1:29.3 | you know that this is our take two, |
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